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RYDA Party in the Park
Rutland Youth Dance Academy will showcase energetic routines by performers of all ages. This is a free event in Cutts Close. Come along and see Rutland Youth Dance Academy perform.
TIME/DATE
Saturday 2nd July, 2.00pm
TICKET INFO
FREE
BOX OFFICE
n/a
VENUE
Cutts Close Park
Oakham
Rutland Music Festival
BON GIOV
ABBA ARRIVAL
SHOWADDYWADDY
BREAKING POINT
RAW THE BAND
VESPER
SMOKESTACK BLUES BAND
THE MODERATORS
MANKY BEDS
THE EXTONES
THE SIMPLETONES
FUNKED UP
Free parking – Funfair – DJ’s – Bars – Food Stalls
TIME/DATE
Friday 1st – Sunday 3rd July
TICKET INFO
Friday – £15/£20*
Saturday – £30/£35*
Sunday – £20/£25*
3 Day Bundle – £55/£60*
Under 12’s FREE
*VIP tickets – include deckchair, fast pass entrance & luxury toilets
BOX OFFICE
To book visit – www.rutlandmusicfestival.co.uk
VENUE
RUTLAND SHOWGROUND
Only Fools & 3 Courses
Comedy Dining are pleased to bring you the sequel to Only Fools and 3 Courses a completely different dining experience.
DCI Roy Slater will be putting in an appearance, and we all know what Del thinks of him!
Cassandra and Rodney take a trip down memory Lane (Rodney as a Gladiator?)
All your favourite characters will be on hand to make sure you have an evening you will never forget, Del, Rodney, Boycie, Trigger, Uncle Albert, Raquel and Cassandra, this will exercise chuckle muscles you did not know you had.
All this for £49.50 per person and includes a Three Course Meal.
LOVELY JUBBLY.
TIME/DATE
Thursday 30th June 6.30 – 10.00pm
TICKET INFO
£49.50 per person
BOX OFFICE
To book visit – https://www.tickettailor.com/events/carolynactonevents/696022
VENUE
Wisteria Hotel, Oakham, LE15 6HW
An Evening With Two Authors
Meet two of the UK’s most engaging authors: André Mangeot a widely published poet and novelist and Adam Croft, a best selling crime author.
About the Event
André Mangeot’s poetry has appeared in the Spectator, New Statesman and Times Literary Supplement and won prizes in many competitions. His latest collection is Blood Rain (Seren, 2020) that combines the personal and the public to touch on some of the major challenges now facing the planet.
He has also published two books of short stories, A Little Javanese and True North (Salt, 2008 & 2010) and recently completed a novel. For over ten years he was a member of the poetry ensemble The Joy of Six which performed at festivals across the UK and in New York. He lives in Cambridge. www.andremangeot.com
With over two million books sold to date, Adam Croft is one of the most successful independently published authors in the world, and one of the biggest selling authors of the past few years, having sold books in over 138 different countries.
To date, Adam has achieved seven Amazon storewide number 1 bestsellers, in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia. Adam is considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on independent publishing and has been featured on BBC television, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live, the BBC World Service, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Bookseller and a number of other news and media outlets.
In March 2018, Adam was conferred as an Honorary Doctor of Arts, the highest academic qualification in the UK, by the University of Bedfordshire, in recognition of his services to literature.
TIME/DATE
Wednesday 29th June 7:00 – 10:00pm
TICKET INFO
£19.50 per person to include a glass of fizz and canapés.
Buy tickets on eventbrite.co.uk
BOX OFFICE
To book call, 07878 520011
or at box offices:
Snapdragon
25 Mill St,
Oakham LE15 6EA
VENUE
The Dovetail, 51 High Street, Oakham. LE15 6AJ 7:00 – 10:00pm